Santiago Cathedral changes

[Sally Haden]

Dear Rosina
Thank you for the information about the changes in the Cathedral.  But can
you clear something up for me?  What makes a "tourist" a "tourist"?  It's
okay, this isn't another part of the "lesser pilgrim" thread!!  Well, I
don't think so!.... what I mean is, if you have clean shoes and no backpack
but you simply want to go into the Cathedral to pray or pay your respects to
the apostle, can you only go into the Cathedral between 2 pm and 5.30?
As you may recall, I want to stay in Santiago for a little while in order to
spend time in the cathedral and that may be the extent of my first
"pilgrimage".  So I wondered if this plan will in fact be feasible under the
new regulation?
Perhaps the answer is to do with not allowing people to move round the
building while there is a mass on?... the moving-around people being
presumed to be "tourists"? and that is what they (understandably) don't
want.
I'd be glad to hear
Peace to all
Sally
Lancashire, UK

>Hello you all,
>The Santiago Cathedral's Archbishop, Monsignor Julian Barro,  the mayor of
>Santiago, and the president of the Galician Xunta have announced the
>changes
>agreed upon regarding the Cathedral that will take place next year.  To
>wit:
>      There will be six Pilgrim Masses daily instead of one: at 8:00 a.m.,
>10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon, 1:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
>      The Cathedral will only be open to tourists between 2:00 and 5:30
>p.m.,
>and preference will be given to organized groups.
>      There will be twenty polyglot priests available for confessions at
>all
>times, with emphasis, besides Spanish, on French, Italian, English and
>German
>speaking confessors.
>      The archbishop has gone to Rome to obtain Vatican approval for this
>timetable and for other Xacobean Holy Year
>celebrations.
>      The archbishop explained that these changes were necessary because
>the
>Cathedral is, first and foremost, a Catholic Church meant to tend to the
>spiritual needs of Christians. The archbishop stated that three Cathedrals
>would not
>suffice to accommodate all visitors, and that its original religious
>purpose
>would necessarily be given precedence.
>Regards,
>Rosina
>

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